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The dress detective : a practical guide to object-based research in fashion / Ingrid Mida, Alexandra Kim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mida, Ingrid, author.
- Kim, Alexandra, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fashion--Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Fashion.
- Clothing trade--Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Clothing trade.
- Fashion design--Research--Methodology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Fashion design.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Distribution:
- London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020
- Other Title:
- Practical guide to object-based research in fashion
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Bloomsbury, 2020.
- Summary:
- This is the first practical guide to analyzing fashion objects, clearly demonstrating how their close analysis can enhance and enrich interdisciplinary research. This accessible book provides readers with the tools to uncover the hidden stories in garments, setting out a carefully developed research methodology specific to dress, and providing easy to use checklists that guide the reader through the process. Beautifully illustrated, the book contains seven case studies of fashionable Western garments that articulate the methodological framework for the process, illustrate the use of the checklists, and show how evidence from the garment itself can be used to corroborate theories of dress or fashion. This book outlines a skillset that has, until now, typically been passed on informally. Written in plain language, this book will give any budding fashion historian, curator or researcher the knowledge and confidence to analyse the material in front of them effectively.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Jean Druesedow
- A brief history of object-based research with dress artifacts
- How to read a dress artifact
- Observation
- Reflection
- Interpretation
- Case study of a yellow woolen pelisse
- Case study of a gray-blue sateen corset
- Case study of a brown velveteen and wool bodice
- Case study of a man's evening suit tailcoat and trousers
- Case study of a Lanvin wedding dress and headpiece
- Case study of a ruby red velvet jacket by Christian Dior
- Case study of a kimono-style jacket by Kenzo
- Appendix 1. Checklist for observation
- Appendix 2. Checklist for reflection.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781472573988
- 1472573986
- 9781474244015
- 1474244017
- 9781472580542
- 1472580540
- 9781472580535
- 1472580532
- OCLC:
- 1201426738
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